Spitzer Observations of Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817
GW170817 is the name given to a gravitational wave signal seen by the LIGO and Virgo detectors on 17 August 2017. Lasting for about 100…
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Supernova Remnant HBH 3 -The Fading Ghost of a Long-Dead Star
Thin, red veins of energized gas mark the location of one of the larger supernova remnants in the Milky Way galaxy in this image from…
Spitzer Space Telescope Views the Explosive Merger of Two Neutron Stars
Launched nearly 15 years ago on August 25, 2003, the Spitzer Space Telescope is the final mission in NASA’s Great Observatories Program – a family…
Astronomers Directly Image a Black Hole Ripping Apart a Star
For the first time, astronomers have directly imaged the formation and expansion of a fast-moving jet of material ejected when the powerful gravity of a…
Astronomers Peer Deeper and Farther Into the Cosmos in Search of AGN
The nuclei of most galaxies host supermassive black holes with millions or even billions of solar-masses of material. Material in the vicinity of such black…
Scientists Discover a Large Amount of Water in an Exoplanet’s Atmosphere
Much like detectives study fingerprints to identify the culprit, scientists used NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes to find the “fingerprints” of water in the…
Spitzer and Kepler Provide New Clues About TRAPPIST-1 Planet Compositions
In the year since NASA announced the seven Earth-sized planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system, scientists have been working hard to better understand these enticing worlds…
Observations of Massive Galaxies in the Early Universe Reveal Rare Dark-Matter Haloes
The South Pole Telescope (SPT) is a 10-meter-diameter telescope in the Antarctic that has been operating at millimeter- and submillimeter-waves for a decade; the CfA…
These Interacting Galaxies Resemble a Penguin Guarding an Egg
Data from NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes have been combined to show this image of distant interacting galaxies in light that spans the visible…
Astronomers Observe Microlensing Event from K2, Spitzer, and Earth
The path of a light beam will be bent by the presence of mass, an effect explained by General Relativity, and a massive body can…
Spitzer Makes a Case for an Atmosphere on Super-Earth 55 Cancri e
Spitzer reveals that super-Earth 55 Cancri e likely has an atmosphere whose ingredients could be similar to those of Earth’s atmosphere, but thicker. Twice as…
Giant Exoplanets Are More Likely to be Found Around Young Stars That Have a Disk of Dust and Debris
New Research reveals that giant exoplanets with long-period orbits are more likely to be found around young stars that have a disk of dust and…
New Research Reveals Dimming of Tabby’s Star May Be Caused by Dust
Using NASA’s Spitzer and Swift missions, as well as the Belgian AstroLAB IRIS observatory, astronomers reveal new details on one of the most mysterious stellar…
WASP-121b – An Ultrahot Gas-Giant Exoplanet with a Stratosphere
Using the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes, astronomers have discovered the first unambiguous signs of a hot stratosphere, heated to a blazing 2400 Celsius, in…
Large Near-Earth Asteroid Florence to Pass Earth on September 1
The large near-Earth asteroid named Florence will safely pass by Earth on September 1, 2017, at a distance of about 4.4 million miles (7.0 million…
Astronomers Explain the Varying Glow of Brown Dwarfs
Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers reveal that the varying glow of brown dwarfs over time can be explained by bands of patchy…
Astronomers Watch as Collapsing Star Turns Into a Black Hole
Using data from the Large Binocular Telescope and NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, astronomers watched as a dying star was likely reborn as a…
Astronomers Identify a Regular Pattern in the Orbits TRAPPIST-1 Planets
Using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has identified a regular pattern in the orbits of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. This…